Harness-buckle



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G. SHOENBERGER.

HARNESS BUCKLE. No. 600,628. Patented Mar. 15,1898.

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IlNiTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE SHOENBERGER, OF LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA.

HARNESS-BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 600,623, dated March 15, 1898.

Application filed May 26, 1897. $erial1l'o- 638,246. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that LGEOEGE SHOENBERGER, of Long Beach, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented a new Improvement in Buckles; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and letters of reference, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, it being shown as applied to harness.

The objects of my invention are to provide means to keep the trace straight when buckled; to equalize the strain on the trace and prevent it from cracking at the inside, where the tongue-hole is placed; to enable one to rapidly unbuckle the trace while there is strain thereon without slacking it; to do away with cutting a slot in the hame-tug for the insertion therein of the tongue of the buckle, as in the ordinary buckles, which weakens the same at the point where it should be strongest, and to prevent bending the trace when adjusting it, it being unnecessary to re move the trace from the loop. Iattain these objects by means of the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved buckle open for the reception of the trace. Fig. 2 is a side view of my buckle in place with the trace attached thereto and buckled thereon.

A is the loop of the buckle, and B is the tongue-plate, having mounted thereon the tongue or stud F, into which is cut a notch the upper end of which forms a catch 0. The loop A is pivotally attached to the tongueplate 13 by means of the screw D, forming the chape of the buckle, around which is coiled the spring E.

In the free end of the loop A is pivotally attached the latch H, spring-pressed shut by means of the spring L, housed in the loop A, and shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1.

M is the trace, and N is the hame-tug.

The function of the spring E is to throw open the loop A when the latch H is removed from the notch in the tongue F. The latch H will remain closed, as shown in Fig. 2, and hold the loop in place; but by opening the latch H, which is done by the insertion of the thumb under the free end thereof and pressing the same outwardly, this will permit the free end of the loop to swing out, thereby opening the same, when the tongue F may be removed from the hole in the trace and permit removal of the trace from the buckle. The loop is thrown out by the action of the spring E. This spring is caused to exert an outward pressure on the free end of the loop by being placed between the strips of leather forming the hame-tug. I This position of the spring E is shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2.

I is a leather loop or guard attached to the hame-tug to keep the free end of the trace from hanging out.

I have used my improved buckle on harness with advantage; but it may be applied as well to other uses.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a buckle the combination of the following parts, the loop A pivotally attached to the tongue-plate B; the latch H pivotally attached to the free end of the loop A; the spring L housed in the free end of the loop A and adapted to spring-press shut the latch H; the tongue-plate 13 having mounted on the free end thereof and integral therewith the tongue F containing notch 0, adapted to receive the latch H to keep the buckle closed; the chape D adapted to pivotally attach together the loop A and the tongue-plate B; and spring E, adapted to throw the loop A back from the tongue-plate B, substantially as shown and described herein.

2. In a buckle the loop and tongue-plate having a tongue with a notch therein pivotally attached together, the latch H pivotally mounted on the free end of the loop and adapted to engage with the notch O in the tongue F, whereby the loop A is held in contact with the tongue F when the buckle is closed.

3. In a buckle, the loop A pivotally attached GEORGE SI-IOENBERGER.

Witnesses: A. O. LAWSON, A. T. COVERT.

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